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K. KIRSG'HNER, Jr.

TOOL FOR SECURING CORKS IN BOTTLES.

No. 500,395. a Patented June 27,1893.

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8&3; 1 I M UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

KARL KIRSOHNER, JR., OF RADLIC, NEAR PRAGUE, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

TOOL FOR SECURING CORK'S IN BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 500,395, dated June 27,1893.

Application filed September 15, 1892. Serial No. 446.031. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, KARL KIRSOHNER, J r., of Radlic, near Prague, in theKingdom of Bohemia, Austro-Hungarian Empire, have invented new anduseful Improvements in Tools for Securing Corks in Bottles, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The ordinary bottle stoppers now in use forbeer bottles and likepurposes have the disadvantage that they can be easily opened byunauthorized persons, and that consequently the consumer has not alwaysthe certainty of receiving the beer of the same quality as that sent outfrom the brewery.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a side View, Fig. 2 an edge View, and Fig. 3 a top view ofthe tool employed, and Figs. 4 and 5 are a side view and a top view of acorked bottle neck secured by a lead stamp or sea].

The present invention has the object of supplying a lead stamp or sealfor securing beer bottles. For this purpose a wire is bent round thebottle neck and over the cork in the usual manner; each end is thenformed into a small eye, and a short piece of lead wire having beenpassed through the two eyes, the ends of the latter are flattened andmarked on each side by means of a tool illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings.

The improved tool is composed of two handles a, a, pivoted together nearone end as at b, and forming beyond said pivot the jaws (1,

cl, which are closed and opened in response to the closing and openingof the handles a. The opposed faces dot the jaws d are suitably markedwith a letter or other character, and at one side there is secured toone jaw a gage plate e which serves to mark the length of wire to besevered, and at the opposite side, to the opposite jaw there is secureda knife f, for severing the piece so marked.

The bottle stopper comprises the usual cap 0 which is wired to the neckby the vertical wire bail a and the horizontal loop b, the eyes (L 19 ofthe bail and loop being interlocked and made to align. Then the leadwire 9 is passed through the aligning eyes and its ends flattened andmarked by the tool described above.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- A tool for lead stamping 0r sealing bottlecorks, provided with punching surfaces 1' adapted to impress marks onthe ends of a lead Wire, a gage plate 6 on one side, against which oneend of the lead wire abuts, and a knife f on the opposite side whichcuts off a suitable length of the lead wire, substantially as and forthe purpose specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twowitnesses.

' KARL KIRSOHNER, JR.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM A. RUBLEE, SAMUEL FISCHER.

